Victim of fatal Central Texas crash identified

The Texas Department of Public Safety released the name of the victim killed in a fatal accident Saturday afternoon.

According to Sgt. Ryan Howard Sunday, John Saunders Jr., 62, of Houston was pronounced dead at the scene.

Troopers responded to a single vehicle crash on State Highway 7, seven miles east of Marlin where they determined Saunders was driving a pickup truck heading west drove onto the shoulder and crashed into a guardrail.

He said the truck hit guardrail multiple times.

No other details were made available.